Qing Yan, the owner of Haoyue Restaurant, was considered a local bigwig on Blue Mars and his wealth could even match that of the major families on smaller planets like Fengyue Star. There were many wealthy people on Blue Mars, and individuals like Liu Minghan and Yan Gao were merely ordinary people upon their arrival.

On Blue Mars, influential figures from small planets like Fengyue Star were a dime a dozen, which reflected the status of Blue Mars. Here, one might even encounter masters of the Demon Emperor level from the Immortal Realm or the Demon World.

The owner of Haoyue Restaurant, ’Qing Yan’, met Young Master Xi Shuang half a month ago.

He remembered Young Master Xi Shuang mainly because of the young master’s generosity. The daily accommodation at Haoyue Restaurant was a hundred, yet when Young Master Xi Shuang arrived, he casually placed ten Upper Grade Primordial Spirit Stones and said, "Deduct the cost of accommodation and food from these, let me know when they run out."

Ten Upper Grade Primordial Spirit Stones were worth a hundred thousand.

It was more than enough for Young Master Xi Shuang to stay for a long time. Such extravagant guests were rare, as most people who planned to stay for a while would usually rent a courtyard outside or purchase one. Rarely would they stay in a restaurant for long.

Haoyue Restaurant had eighteen floors, with accommodations ranging from the seventh to the seventeenth floor, each room being exceedingly spacious.

That day, Qing Yan had also shared a drink with Young Master Xi Shuang.

Qing Yan knew Young Master Xi Shuang was no ordinary person when he saw the young master’s maidservant. This maidservant had reached the Sixth-level Demon King Realm, and she was from the Demon World. Yet Young Master Xi Shuang’s aura was merely that of a third-level Golden Immortal.

The master weaker than the maidservant?

This could only mean that the master was from a major family, otherwise, it would have been very difficult to have someone so much stronger serve as a maidservant.

"Young Master Xi, half a month has passed, are you still comfortable staying here?" Qing Yan approached and said with a smile.

"Sit," the blue-clothed youth said with a smile.

"Owner Qing Yan, what were you rushing off to sit for?" the blue-clothed youth asked with a smile. Qing Yan was slightly taken aback, and the blue-clothed youth naturally said, "No need to elaborate on any secrets, I was just asking casually."

The maidservant Wan’er pouted on the side, "The young master is asking you something, and you still put on airs."

"Wan’er," the blue-clothed youth glanced at the maidservant Wan’er, who immediately stuck out her tongue and dared not to speak further.

Qing Yan chuckled, "Young Master Xi, don’t blame Miss Wan’er; there’s no secret about this matter. Our Haoyue Restaurant mostly collects transacted money in the form of Low Grade Primordial Spirit Stones, very seldom in Middle Grade. Upper Grade ones are extremely rare. So... after a period, the restaurant accumulates a large amount of Low and Middle Grade Primordial Spirit Stones, and I was planning to go out and exchange them for Upper Grade ones."

"Oh."

The blue-clothed youth nodded in understanding, "That’s right, the charges at your restaurant are so high, how could ordinary people use Upper Grade Primordial Spirit Stones? By the way, where do you plan to exchange these assorted Low and Middle Grade stones?"

Qing Yan grinned, "Young Master Xi, you might not be aware, but while I want to exchange for larger sums, there are also people who wish to exchange for smaller denominations of Primordial Spirit Stones. I’ve been on Blue Mars for so many years, so I have my channels."

The blue-clothed youth smiled and nodded, "Compared to understanding Blue Mars, I am far behind Owner Qing Yan."

"The young master needn’t say so. Young master, you usually have servants to help you with tasks, so how could you deal with these mundane affairs personally? It’s normal not to know about these twists and turns," Qing Yan immediately said with a smile.

Qing Yan had long felt that ’Xi Shuang’ was out of the ordinary.

Not just from the maidservant, but also from that temperament, that aura of aloofness and indifference; most of those who came and went in Haoyue Restaurant were Golden Immortals, and there were often powerful Eighth and Ninth Level Golden Immortals, or Eighth and Ninth Level Demon Kings.

Yet, this Young Master Xi Shuang didn’t care the least bit about those people.

The blue-clothed youth smiled and said, "Speaking of exchanging money, I suddenly have a favor to ask of Owner Qing Yan."

"Please speak, Young Master Xi. If I can help, I certainly will," Qing Yan said immediately.

The blue-clothed youth nodded and said, "Recently, I’ve wanted to focus on cultivating properly, but there are too few top-grade primordial spirit stones by my side, and the energy purity in the upper-grade primordial spirit stones is still not enough. I’d like to ask Boss Qing Yan to help me exchange some upper-grade primordial spirit stones for top-grade ones."

Qing Yan was taken aback.

He cursed inwardly, "This is so infuriating! He even looks down on the purity of upper-grade primordial spirit stones for cultivation? I rarely even use upper-grade primordial spirit stones myself, and it pains me every time I do."

Fortunately, the blue-clothed youth had casually set up a small restriction to isolate their conversation from others, otherwise the other guests on the second floor of the restaurant would have heard and felt the same indignation.

But this only made Qing Yan even more certain.

This Young Master Xi Shuang must be from a wealthy family, with only the strength of a third-level Golden Immortal, and insists on using top-grade primordial spirit stones for cultivation—a single top-grade primordial spirit stone is worth a million.

This evidenced his enormous wealth.

"Exchange for top-grade primordial spirit stones..." Qing Yan pondered for a moment, then gave Young Master Xi Shuang a bitter smile and said with difficulty, "Young Master Xi, although I have my ways, I generally only exchange for upper-grade primordial spirit stones. These top-grade primordial spirit stones... Although I have exchanged for them a few times, it’s usually only a few pieces."

Young Master Xi Shuang smiled faintly and said, "I know you’re familiar with these internal channels; of course, I won’t let you be busy for no reason."

Upon hearing the last sentence, Qing Yan’s heart leapt with joy.

He knew that when such an important person said they won’t let him be busy in vain, the reward wouldn’t be small.

After another moment of contemplation, Qing Yan’s eyes firmed up, and he looked at Young Master Xi Shuang and said, "Young Master Xi, I’ll try to do this for you this time, but I would like to know how many top-grade primordial spirit stones does Young Master Xi want to exchange?"

Young Master Xi Shuang lightly sipped a cup of wine and smiled faintly, "Do your best. I won’t complain with a hundred, and I won’t say too many if it’s a thousand. Of course... if there are more, I can afford it."

"Glug~~" His throat swallowed.

Qing Yan felt a tremor in his heart.

A hundred pieces, and he doesn’t think it’s too few?

A hundred top-grade primordial spirit stones, that’s equivalent to a hundred million! Adding up all of Qing Yan’s wealth would amount to roughly that sum. And from Young Master Xi’s tone, this hundred pieces seemed like nothing to him.

Seeing Qing Yan’s expression, Young Master Xi Shuang chuckled inwardly.

To him, what was a billion?

In the battle on Fengyue Star, he slew heaps of ninth-level Golden Immortals and over a hundred eighth-level Golden Immortals. While his spiritual beast was killing the opponents, almost all of the opponent’s nascent souls and space rings were collected.

These were Qin Yu’s previous orders.

Killing people and taking their treasures was utterly normal.

Eighth-level Golden Immortals and ninth-level Golden Immortals—an impoverished one might have more than ten million, while a wealthy one could have nearly a billion. The richest among those Qin Yu killed was naturally Emperor Xia Hua—a mere Immortal Emperor, after all, possessing wealth that approached nearly five billion.

This vast wealth totaled over a hundred billion.

And originally Hua Yan, Ao Feng, and Envoy Du Zhongjun, although they didn’t have many primordial spirit stones, they did possess many rare and exotic treasures. The sum of the three was an astonishing amount.

However, what was even more valuable on Qin Yu was over a hundred top-grade immortal artifacts, and over a thousand upper-grade immortal artifacts.

"Xi Shuang, Xi Shuang... Wan’er even thought that my name sounded a bit like a girl’s." Qin Yu smiled at himself in self-derision.

Xi Shuang was the name Qin Yu had crafted for himself.

After the battle at Fengyue Star.

Qin Yu had made his lightning-like escape, continuously employing Great Teleportation to shuttle from one planet to another. Just relying on Great Teleportation alone, Qin Yu had steadfastly moved for three days and three nights.

From one planet to the next.

Luckily, Qin Yu had a detailed map of the Blue Bay Star Domain and knew which planets were safe and which were dangerous. He intermittently entered desolate, uninhabited planets and ones with populations.

After moving like this for three days and three nights, even escaping the Silver String Star System, Qin Yu finally returned to his original body, altered his appearance, and collected Kong Lan, Tu Gang, and Dan Meng into the Ten Thousand Beasts List. Thereafter, he easily reached Blue Mars using the Interstellar Transmission Array.

Even if encountered inspections along the way, no one could recognize Qin Yu.

With the help of Meteor Tear, even if Yu Qingzi and Immortal Emperor Qian Qi came in person, they would not dream of detecting the soul aura of Qin Yu. The power of the Dark Star was completely condensed, firmly concentrated in the tiniest spot deep within the Dantian.

Upon arriving on Blue Mars.

Qin Yu started living a tranquil life, knowing that Emperor Yu must be intercepting him on his way to the Demon World, so Qin Yu simply decided to stay on Blue Mars, the most bustling planet within the Blue Bay Star Domain, for a while.

Qin Yu knew that Emperor Yu would definitely command his subordinates to be vigilant for the presence of Ninth-level Demon Kings.

After all, the appearance of a Ninth-level Demon King could likely mean the presence of the Ten Thousand Beasts List.

In Blue Mars, where dragons and fishes mingled, there were experts from all walks of Immortal, Demon, and Demon Worlds. Qin Yu simply picked a small rabbit at the realm of a Sixth-level Demon King from the Ten Thousand Beasts List. A Sixth-level Demon King hardly attracted any attention on Blue Mars.

Qin Yu even ordered ’Wan’er’ to call him ’Young Master’ instead of ’Master’.

And so, a maid ’Wan’er’ and a young master ’Xi Shuang’ lived inconspicuously on Blue Mars. How could Emperor Yu’s subordinates possibly find them?

"Young Master Xi, a hundred blocks, even to exchange for a hundred Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stones, I’m not capable of that," Qing Yan said helplessly.

Qin Yu was actually in no hurry.

From the battle at Fengyue Star, he had collected so many Space Rings from various Golden Immortals, each containing a few Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stones. When added up, the amount was staggering, particularly those belonging to Emperor Xia Hua. Perhaps it was because he was an Immortal Emperor and used Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stones for cultivation, which is why Emperor Xia Hua had more than two hundred Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stones.

"Do your best. However many you can exchange, that’s fine. Like this... for every Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stone you exchange, I will give you five Upper Grade Primordial Spirit Stones," said Qin Yu with a hint of a smile on his face.

Qing Yan’s eyes lit up, and his breathing became slightly heavier.

"Don’t worry, Young Master Xi. I will definitely find a way to help you exchange for enough Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stones," Qing Yan’s demeanor completely changed, clearly determined to utilize all major channels to help with the exchange.

To exchange for one Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stone meant getting five Upper Grade Primordial Spirit Stones.

That is to say, for exchanging five hundred Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stones, one would receive two thousand five hundred Upper Grade Primordial Spirit Stones—in other words, a fortune of twenty-five million!

"About exchanging for Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stones, as long as I am staying in your restaurant, I will take as many as you can exchange," Qin Yu said with a smile. "I also have another matter I want to ask you about."

"Please ask, Young Master Xi," Qing Yan was now filled with enthusiasm.

Qin Yu’s eyes narrowed slightly, and a trace of cold starlight flickered unintentionally, "Owner Qing Yan, I’ve heard that ten years ago, Emperor Yu and the Blood Demon Emperor from the Demon World established a good trade relationship, right?"

"Yes," Qing Yan admitted enviously, "Emperor Yu and the Blood Demon Emperor are supreme figures. Their transactions involve an incredibly terrifying amount of wealth. When they established friendly relations ten years ago, it made a big impact on Blue Mars. At the time, a certain Eighth-level Golden Immortal named Yu Dian was in charge on Emperor Yu’s behalf. I remember it very clearly."

"Oh," Qin Yu nodded slightly.

The reason for choosing to stay on Blue Mars this time was twofold. First, Blue Mars was a melting pot of diversity, with plenty of masters from all walks of life. Naturally, it was much safer here. The second reason was... to disrupt the game!

To disrupt Emperor Yu’s game!

The transaction between Emperor Yu and the Blood Demon Emperor would elevate the power of both superpowers.

Some items are only available in the Immortal Realm, some only in the Demon World, and the trade between the two resulted in a win-win situation.

However, disrupting their game is not an easy task. Qin Yu must understand all the details and plan carefully before taking action. And even when the time came to act, Qin Yu intended to use the identity of a Sword Immortal Puppet.

"When is their transaction due?" Qin Yu asked further.

"The transaction, I’m not very clear about that either, it seems to be once every three years, but it’s not fixed. Sometimes it’s once every three years, sometimes once every four years. This is just what I’ve heard... Emperor Xuan, Green Emperor, or from the Demon World, Black Demon Emperor, and Asura Demon Emperor, they all want to disrupt the trade."

Qing Yan muttered to himself, "Sigh, if we just let Emperor Yu and Blood Demon Emperor go on like this, the power of both sides will naturally increase. Damn it, just one of their transactions, if seized, I’m afraid the wealth might be worth tens of billions."

"Other Immortal Emperors and Demon Emperors are also disrupting things in secret."

"No, what secret," Qing Yan said hurriedly, "Everyone on Blue Mars knows, anyone with a little brain can guess. However, the people of Emperor Yu and Blood Demon Emperor take their transaction very seriously, and there has never been a problem."

Qin Yu understood, this was just the speculation of the people of Blue Mars.

But the possibility should still be quite high.

"Young Master Xi, why do you ask this? Could it be..." Qing Yan considered a possibility.

This Young Master Xi was so generous; perhaps he was a young master from a super clan, and such a super clan might also want to take action secretly.

Qing Yan knew that in both the Immortal Realm and the Demon World, apart from the most powerful figures like Emperor Yu, Emperor Xuan, Green Emperor, Blood Demon Emperor... and so on, there are also many other strong forces, their masters are not insignificant either.

"Be careful, as disasters often come from the mouth," Qin Yu said with a smile.

Qing Yan immediately laughed, "Haha, just kidding, just kidding." However, Qing Yan thought, "Maybe this Young Master Xi, his family really will try to take action and seize the goods."

For a small character like Qing Yan, he wouldn’t dare to meddle in the affairs between great powers; he only dared to speculate.

Qin Yu finished his cup in one gulp.

"Boss Qing Yan, I will trouble you with the exchange for the top-grade elemental spirit stones," said Qin Yu as he stood up, "Wan’er, let’s go back." Having said that, Qin Yu then lifted the restriction that had been isolating the sound around them.

"Yes, Young Master," Wan’er busily got up and walked beside Qin Yu.

"Young Master Xi, please take care," Qing Yan said with a smile as he slightly bowed.

(This is a transitional setup～～ so it’s a bit bland, haha.)

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